Tag: in situ

We managed to get a substantial coat of wax on the shelf unit yesterday, and we’ve given it twenty four hours to dry, and now I’m going to bring the shelf unit inside and begin to tidy up the living room and all of the loose toys. We have canvas bins that will fit nicely, so I’ll bung loads of gear into those, and leave the top for dioramas and play sets to get left in situ.

So far so good the wax is dry, and the unit fits in the space. Though I seem to have misjudged the thickness of the baseboard. Most likely due to the quarter round against the floor, which I failed to notice. Oh well. It fits in between the fire place and the front windows, and tucks under the windowsill of the fireplace wall. Fits over top of the fireplace kick out, and does not cover the wall socket/plugs/outlet. I am mostly happy.

Next steps. Clean and sort toys on the floor into bins and cubby holes, and then sigh a breath of relief that it all works mostly as intended. I may still need to cut a 2″ hole in the top for power cords to more easily access the wall sockets/outlet, but we’ll see.

Looks as though I can get a vacuum underneath it fairly easily, which is a plus with my messy family. Updates to follow, as I get through the last leg of this project. Looks as though with the help of the toy box, and a couple canvas bins I have been able to leave as much playable surface as possible for the kids, and can still access both windows, and not interfere with the floor vent or fireplace. I’ll call that a win!

My only qualm about it now that I’m done, well – beyond one corner not being 90° against the fireplace so the error is very easy to see. Is that I should have put in a second tier to one of the cubbies. Most likely the one with the wall socket contained within. Then I could have used that shelf to store the kids chrome book and have a dedicated charging spot that won’t get bumped or knocked. The shelves are 16 inches deep, so you really have to try to get at something pushed all the way to the back. But whatever. I can build an insert out of plywood for that, if it becomes absolutely necessary.  And to think I sat on this idea and ruminated over it for weeks before I got started. How did I miss a dedicated charging shelf? Idiot. No matter. It’s done, it works, and I’m happy with it. Mostly. For now. To think if I had of made it from Walnut that would have been a $1500.00 job, easily. Just in materials, not even time and effort. It would also weigh about 200lbs if done in Walnut. Using pine cut both costs and overall weight, by an awful lot.